Before the release of X-Men: Days of Future Past, Michael Eagan accused Bryan Singer of sexually abusing him when he was a minor. This led to the director having to drop out of junkets and shed some doubt on whether he'd helm X-Men: Apocalypse. Well, the lawsuit has now been dropped...

Four months after being accused of abusing Michael Eagen when he was a minor, the sexual abuse lawsuit against X-Men: Days of Future Past director Bryan Singer has been dropped. The case was a huge talking point both here on CBM and across pretty much the rest of the internet as well. Singer would drop out of promoting the latest X-Men movie as a result of the accusations, while his involvement with 2016's X-Men: Apocalypse very much seemed to be up in the air and dependent on how things ended up going for Singer with this lawsuit. According to Variety, a federal judge granted Egan's motion for voluntary dismissal in U.S. District Court in Hawaii today, meaning that the case against the director of 2014's highest grossing superhero movie has now been dropped. The lawsuits against former Disney executive David Neuman and former TV exec Garth Ancier were also dismissed, and Singer can hopefully now get to work on the next X-Men movie!

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It was pretty obvious it was only a gimmick, I mean the lawsuit came right before they released X-Men: DOFP to gain more attention from the media and also they were planning on doing a docummentary about sexual abuse in Hollywood using this very same case.

Come to think about it I feel sorry for Singer, after making what I think to be his best movie to date he couldn't enjoy it as much as he wanted thanks to the stupid lawsuit.

@AlexanderLykins, nah. Singer wanted to settle so he can move on but Eagen said no because it was a small amount of money and he wanted more money so his lawyers dropped Eagen because they knew he was going to lose. Since he had no more lawyers, he dropped the lawsuit. Research is your friend.

As @DrDoom has just mentioned, now its off to the next problem of him taking Cyclops from the backside through the pants no less, and rectifying that once and for all. I'm glad Wolverine is going to die in the comics. Wanker.